Need For Speed Most Wanted review (MyGaming review)

The article was pretty good, but the scores he gave overall didn't match up to the praise which he gave in his article? I mean, 7.5 for sound and visual is pretty low compared to most games today - yet in the article he said they were fantastic? I understand that it can be relative, but in this case, relative to what? Crysis 7? If you're going to go on and on about how great everything is, you best make sure your actual score reflect that too because, most of the time, that's all people really care about.
 
I think Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012, is a really good game, it's the first new-generation NFS I can say I have enjoyed playing. I hope Criterion Games develops future NFS games.
 
okuhle94 said:
I think Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012, is a really good game, it's the first new-generation NFS I can say I have enjoyed playing. I hope Criterion Games develops future NFS games.
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What... Are you serious, this is one of the worst Need for speed's ever created. I installed, played for 20 minutes and I was totally over this game..
 
Diabolix said:
okuhle94 said:
I think Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012, is a really good game, it's the first new-generation NFS I can say I have enjoyed playing. I hope Criterion Games develops future NFS games.
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What... Are you serious, this is one of the worst Need for speed's ever created. I installed, played for 20 minutes and I was totally over this game..
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LOL. It is definitely by far one of the better NFS games of this generation. Played about 2 hours at a friend's house and loved it, really hoping to win a copy of my own in the Mygaming comp. Really glad Criterion are in charge of the NFS brand now.
 
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okuhle94 said:
I think Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012, is a really good game, it's the first new-generation NFS I can say I have enjoyed playing. I hope Criterion Games develops future NFS games.
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It's an incredibly good game, and I suppose you're also looking at Criterion's NFS track record, which just got better in a sense. Great multiplayer, and over all a fun Criterion racer.

Diabolix said:
What... Are you serious, this is one of the worst Need for speed's ever created. I installed, played for 20 minutes and I was totally over this game..
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You, on the other hand are looking at how this game succeeds as a Most Wanted game, in that regard this game fails in a quite a few areas (Especially since there's isn't a real sense of progression in the game and that bugs me). I certainly understand your grievance towards it.
 
I like the fact you install the game and BAM... you're driving... then BAM... you're not winning straight away...

Normally these racing games are effing easy for the first 3/4 of the game and then impossibly difficult for the last quarter... this seems more challenging all round.
I must say... I've played almost every NFS game since colour graphics, and I always kinda thought I was kinda good at racers... but is anyone else having issues evading the cops after a race?
I win the race... and the cops are still after me... then the wanted level increases in 5 seconds, then again in 30 seconds, and before you know it, you've got 100 SUVs after you!!! (it's really weird how the SUVs are the hardcore pursuit vehicles, only armourd cars go faster apparently)

I find the race takes 5 minutes of relatively hassle free cops evasion, you win, then spend a further couple of minutes smashing the most wanted car into submission... then 30 minutes of cop evasion that eventually ends up at level 6 and you get busted.
....And then nothing bad really happens except you get this very hurtful woman saying "You've been busted, next time try and evade the police"

"WHAT THE F*#K DO YOU THINK I WAS DOING FOR THE PAST HALF AN HOUR WOMAN!!!!!"

am I missing something? Did I skip the tutorial on "how to evade the police"?
Am I an idiot?
In the previous games... you just keep driving... take a short cut or two and as long as you don't get it horribly wrong... you're home free!!!
I tried blasting through chop shops at warp speeds, which somehow magically repairs your damage and changes the colour of your vehicle with just a FLASH!
I've tried weird and obscure detours
I've tried doubling back
I've tried outrunning them only to be "downgraded" BRIEFLY... then a cop who wasn't on the mini-map spawns on your face... and BAM! he calls for backup and all your hard work is undone.

And no.. I don't run to ask uncle google as soon as I install the game. I try and enjoy the game for a while before cheating.
 
I am playing on the PS3 and I have some mixed feelings about the title. The original NFSMW is one of my all time fave racers. I really do not see how they tie the original and the 2012 release together. The reason I say this, is I saw a recent video where they pointed out that NFSMW2012 is Criterion's rendition of the original. Sadly, as far as I can tell, there's little to no similarities. "Rendition" or not. It's like creating a rendition of spare ribs using bananas. Zero similarities.

I knew before picking it up that a lot of the gameplay's been changed, and no real gripes there as a number of years have passed since the original. On that, I figured I'd see some familiar landmarks from the original. Nope. Nothing up till now.

Actually, they could have just called this Hot Pursuit II as it contains a lot from the HP title. Familiar landmark design also.
 
I honestly don't see why people have an issue with Shift. I love both of them, had Shift 1 on PS3 and Shift 2 on X360 then later traded the X360 one for PS3 so I had both on PS3. Eventually I had to trade them in because I needed the extra money for a new game, but I actually bought Shift 2 on PC again yesterday and I am still loving it (even though it is hard as fuck :p). Sure, it might not fit the whole NFS brand, but they are still good games IMO.

Pro Street on the other hand was just kak and so was Undercover.
 
I think I'm starting to get a tad bit jaded towards this game, and Origin (*facepalm*) and Autolog aren't helping its cause... 6 hours in and I've started asking myself, what's the point?
 
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